Improvement in interfering-pad for horses



i `receiving thefcatches of the pad, while WILLIAM -SOMERVILLE OF BUFFALQNEW YORK.

` Letters Patent No. 104,369, dated .Tune 14, V1870.l

Vnuria()vziMriNT 1w INTERI'nRmG-PAD PoR Honsns.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making p'art of the same 01T@ ell whom 'itmay Aconcern Be itknown Vthat I, WILLIAM SoM ERv1LLE,of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and' useful Improvement in Interfering-Pads for Horses;` and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact de scription of the same, reference being had to the ac,-

. companying drawing forming part of this specification,

in wh1ch-,- l

Figurel is a side view of my improved interferingpad as attached tothehoof of `a horse.

Figure 2 is a view ,of the shoe, showing thelug's for F'gure 3 is a detached'view` of the interfering-pad with` its hooksor catches. Iitike letters lof reference indicate corresponding pa s.

This invention relates to that class' of-'devices known "as interfering-pads or guards, and is designed to prevent the shoes or the hoofs of horses ifrom striking and injuring the opposite leg or ankle, while walking or trotting; and y It consists in a novel and peculiarly-constructed pad, guard, or cushion, provided with catches o'r hooks, so as to engage `with lugs or `clips formed with the shoe or plates `attached to the hoof, all of which willhereiny after be described.

A in the drawing represents the hoof of a horse;

B, the shoe, withjits lugs, clips, or plates, while C is Athe elasticpad, guard, :or cushion.

The'shoe` B is` of the ordinary construction, with the exception that itstop peut, on `the inner side, is formed or provided with lugs, clps,or plates, a, a, a` l cavity being formed 'in'the hoof under the lugs, clips,

or plates, soa's 'to' allow ofthe-ready attachment of" `the hooksh h, hereinafter mentioned.

`lhe"1ugs,felips, or plates t a may either be formed `with the shoe B, or may be attached to theVl hoof by rivets, bolts, or` cement, as shown in iig. 1. l `O is the interfering-pad,"` guard, or cushion, coilstructed of gutta-percha, `vulcanized rubber, or other suitable elastic or soft material, of a length sufficient to encircle about one side, more or less, of the hoof on the inside. Y h h. are catches or hooks secured-to thepad, guard,

` or cushion, by cement, bolts, or rivets, so as to engage, with the lugs, clips, or plates a a, and firmly secure the pad in its proper .position on the inside of the hoof, or the catches 71,' h may be imbedded within the cushion at or near each end, in such a. manner as to allow the center of the pad or cushion to be easilyelongated or stretched. y

The length of the pad, together with the catches, `is somewhat less than the distance between the lugs, clips, or plates on the shoe or hoof', so that, when the elastic substance is stretched, and the catches forced into their respective openings, around, 'and connect or interlock witlrthe lugs or lplates'h It, the tension of the material rmly retains the pad upon the hoof.

Instead of using an ordinary strap of rubber or other material in connection with the fastening devices, as shown, it is especially designed to cast the pad in suitable molds, and secure the catches or hooks tothe same during the process oi' construction.

This mode of attaching the catches or hooks can as readily be applied to cylindricall as at pads.

It will thus be seen that I have produced a substani tial and effective attachment, readily applied'to the hoofs of horses, and retained in its position on the hoof, '4

substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The catches or hooks h h, imbedded within the pad or cushion during the process of construction, substantially as herein shown and described.

To the above specification I have signed my name this 26th day of April, 1870. A WM. SOMERVILLE.

` Witnesses: THos. BATH, EDWARD R. BACON. 

